Charles Swindells
American diplomat
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Charles Joseph "Butch" Swindells (born 1942)[1] is a former United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He was appointed to the position by U.S. President George W. Bush on June 5 2001 with the strong support of his home state of Oregon's two U.S. Senators.[2] He served from 2001 to 2005.
Early life and career
Swindells earned a B.S. from Lewis & Clark College in 1964, and served as a trustee there from 1998 to 2001.[2] He also attended Willamette University College of Law. After law school, he went into finance and investing.[2] In 1968, he and law school roommate Jeffrey Grayson founded Capital Consultants together; Swindells left that company in 1985 (and was not involved in the company's financial scandal of the late 1990s).[3][4] He later co-founded Capital Trust Co., which became one of the largest trust companies in the Northwest, in 1981.[5]
Swindells has served on the board of directors of Swift Energy Company and The Greenbrier Companies.[6]
